Today I would like to share my inspiration card for the newest Crafty Cardmakers challenge with you. It is a card with one of the Yetis again, but as the new theme is "Non Traditional Christmas" I thought these cute tousled forrest-creatures were just about perfect ;o) What do you think?

I started by die cutting the scalloped frame from some white paper and die cut a circle window from it as well as send it through my Big Shot with an embossing folder by We R Memory Keepers. I think this pattern looks a lot like an ice structure and so I thought it would work really well with the image I had planned on using.

I stamped the Yeti on a piece of watercolor paper that was just a bit bigger than the window and coloured it with Distress Inks. I have seen so many pictures of wonderfully soft colourations, but I think I might keep working on that particular look a bit more. I ended up with rather vibrant colours - oh well, I really love how it turned out, so no harm done ;o)

Next to the Yeti I drew a few trees, so that it looks like he stands on a clearing, and added some white to the tips of the trees to make it look like snow. I also added some white dots all around him and put some on him as well, because if it was snowing, he would have some flakes in front of him, too. After I glued the coloured piece and the frame to the card base I added a red banner with an embossed sentiment right below the window and a couple of glittery dots to give the white area a bit more interest. That finished off my card. I hope you like it and you are going to create your own non traditional Christmas project and share it with us at the Crafty Cardmakers! Have a great week, everyone ;o)

Another super cute card Maike ! This Yeti is definitely adorable ! I really love the embossed front panel, you're right, it really looks like ice ! And one more time, your colouring is awesome, this background sky is so beautiful ! It is definitely a non traditional Christmas card and I love it ! Thanks for sharing.Izzy Scrap